I've been a windows 8.1 user for a while. I use it on 3 machines. I'm also a Mac user. I actually prefer Windows. It's stable and more compatible.
However I'm looking at MS and their silly stupid miracast system. I have a miracast compatible Panasonic TV and I've never gotten it to work.
I also have a Win 7 HTPC and a Win 8.1 Gaming PC connected to my TV and other display I use for group viewing. However I really need a way that I can show people my personal laptop screen on the main display. And this applies also to guests who want to do the same from their personal windows 8.1 laptops/tablets/convertibles.
All of us also use iPhones and I have an Apple TV. So casting from that ecosystem is so simple and so easy. Sometimes we need to do the same from windows products. It's a no brainier that given the new more consumer friendly MS that we should be able to do this from one Win 8 machine to another. Especially given that there isn't a miracast device worth a damn in the world as it stands. And seriously even at $99 I'm not interested in occupying another HDMI input. Good HDMI switchers are expensive. Why not just PC to PC? Why is this so hard?
However I'm looking at MS and their silly stupid miracast system. I have a miracast compatible Panasonic TV and I've never gotten it to work.
I also have a Win 7 HTPC and a Win 8.1 Gaming PC connected to my TV and other display I use for group viewing. However I really need a way that I can show people my personal laptop screen on the main display. And this applies also to guests who want to do the same from their personal windows 8.1 laptops/tablets/convertibles.
All of us also use iPhones and I have an Apple TV. So casting from that ecosystem is so simple and so easy. Sometimes we need to do the same from windows products. It's a no brainier that given the new more consumer friendly MS that we should be able to do this from one Win 8 machine to another. Especially given that there isn't a miracast device worth a damn in the world as it stands. And seriously even at $99 I'm not interested in occupying another HDMI input. Good HDMI switchers are expensive. Why not just PC to PC? Why is this so hard?
